Drachm - Indo Sasanians Pratihara-Pala supremacy

The Pratihara Empire dominated northern India during the prolonged tripartite struggle with the Rashtrakutas and Palas for control of Kanauj — a conflict that consumed much of the 8th through 10th centuries. These silver drachms descend directly from Sasanian prototypes introduced into northwestern India generations earlier, their designs degraded through successive copying until the original fire-altar and bust iconography became almost unrecognizable. The Pratiharas never operated a tightly centralized mint system, which accounts for the considerable variation in fabric and weight across surviving specimens.